Perinatal maternal administration of Lactobacillus paracasei NCC 2461 prevents allergic inflammation in a mouse model of birch pollen allergy.

<h4>Background</h4>The hygiene hypothesis implies that microbial agents including probiotic bacteria may modulate foetal/neonatal immune programming and hence offer effective strategies for primary allergy prevention; however their mechanisms of action are poorly understood. We investiga...

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Main Authors: Irma Schabussova, Karin Hufnagl, Mimi L K Tang, Elisabeth Hoflehner, Angelika Wagner, Gerhard Loupal, Sophie Nutten, Adrian Zuercher, Annick Mercenier, Ursula Wiedermann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22792257/?tool=EBI